ISDA, GFMA & IIF further response to the BCBS Consultative Document "The non-internal model method for capitalizing counterparty credit risk exposures"

On November 14, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc (“ISDA”), the Global Financial Markets Association (“GFMA”) and the Institute of International Finance (“IIF”) (together “the Associations”) sent a further response to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) Consultative Document "The non-internal model method for capitalizing counterparty credit risk exposures" (June 2013) related to the Definition of Notional Amounts.

Documents (1) for ISDA, GFMA & IIF further response to the BCBS Consultative Document "The non-internal model method for capitalizing counterparty credit risk exposures"

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